Jacob and his group watched as something ancient, something hungry that had been sleeping for thousands of years, finally awoke.
The weirwood tree twisted and expanded, transforming into a colossal, towering upper half of a giant monster fused to the hill from the waist down. Its face was a twisting mass of knotted bark with malicious, blood-red glowing eyes. Its giant clawed wooden hands thrashed wildly.
The monster roared and slammed its massive hands into the earth. Instantly, the ground beneath the group ruptured. Hundreds of jagged, spear-like wooden spikes shot out of the snow like a rapid-fire artillery barrage.
Jacob wrapped everyone in his telekinesis and teleported them far away.
Stiles stared wide-eyed at the massive tree creature in the distance. "What kind of monster is that?"
Jacob said, "That's not any monster. That is a demon."
Stiles's voice cracked. "A demon?"
Jacob was looking seriously at the tree monster that was now trying to free its legs from the ground. "Yes. Just like the yeti we fought before, and R'hllor, who we met yesterday."
Lydia said, "That thing is very powerful. And I feel like it's getting stronger by the second."
Allison asked, "Jay, do you know what kind of demon that thing is?"
Jacob nodded. "Yes. If I'm not wrong, that's a Jubokko. They exist in our world too, but they are not this strong."
Lydia asked, "What's a Jubokko?"
Jacob explained, "It's a Japanese mythical creature. At first, the Jubokko is just a malevolent, vampiric tree, but after feeding on the blood of fallen warriors and massacre victims on battlefields, it eventually transforms into a full-fledged demon."
He grinned excitedly. "And this one has roots all over Westeros. Imagine how much blood and how many corpses it fed on for God only knows how long. Add to that the fact that the Children of the Forest were feeding it with blood and corpses for thousands of years." His eyes gleamed. "I can feel it. It's very powerful. Powerful enough that I'm feeling real danger from it."
His aura started to leak, and he stepped forward. "You guys sit this one out. I want to fight it alone."
Malia said, "Let us help."
Jacob shook his head. "No. I never get the chance to go all out, and this is the perfect opportunity."
Allison said, "Fine. Just be careful. And don't play around and get hurt."
Jacob smiled. "I'll be careful."
Just then, the Jubokko tore itself free from the hill and took a few steps forward. Towering at nearly two hundred feet (60 meters), it fixed its glowing red eyes on Jacob, feeling his dragon aura that he was no longer hiding. It felt danger from him, but its eyes were filled with greed and hunger. It wanted to consume his blood and devour his body.
Jacob said, "Wait here. I'm going to bring Melissa. She needs to see how the Jubokko fights. She might learn a move or two."
Allison said, "Bring my parents too."
Jacob nodded and teleported to Serendell. Soon he came back with Melissa, Erica, Chris, Victoria, and Shireen, who no longer had any scars on her face.
Melissa looked at the tree monster and asked, "Is that the Jubokko?"
Jacob said, "Yes. Do you want me to help you tame it, or just kill it?"
Melissa thought for a moment. "You said it feeds on human blood, right? So I don't want it. I would love to have a tree monster pet, but not this one."
Jacob said, "Alright. I'll just kill it then."
He turn to Bran with an evil smirk. "Brother-in-law, let me heal you first."
He waved his hand, and Bran—who was in Jon's arms—flew to him. Jacob made him lie on the ground face down.
Jacob said, "This is going to hurt."
He used his X-ray vision and located the exact place where Bran's spinal cord was injured. Before Bran could react, Jacob punched him there, breaking his back and making the injury new. Bran screamed in pain.
Jacob then quickly used his Healing Touch. A white light from his hand enveloped Bran's entire body and healed him completely.
Jacob kicked him lightly. "Okay, stop screaming and stand up. You're already healed."
Bran stopped screaming and sat up. He felt no pain in his body, and when he tried to move his legs, they moved. His eyes filled with tears, and he burst out crying.
His siblings gathered around him, hugging him with happy smiles on their faces.
Jacob said, "Alright, you guys can hug later. Right now, you need to leave this place."
Sansa hugged Jacob and kissed him deeply. "Thank you."
Jacob smiled. "That's nothing. You could've healed him with your fire too, remember?"
Sansa said, "Thank you anyway."
Arya helped Bran stand, as his legs were still too weak from not walking for years. He looked at Jacob. "Thank you for healing me."
Jacob said, "You're welcome."
Bran hesitated and said, "But did you have to break my back? I feel like that was personal."
Jacob said innocently, "You're just thinking too much. And I had to break your back to make the injury new. Only then could I heal you, because I can't heal old injuries that are already healed."
Bran said, "Sorry, I shouldn't complain. Thank you, really, for healing me."
Jacob nodded. "You're welcome. And one more thing." He looked at Meera, who had happy tears in her eyes. "Meera dragged your sled through freezing blizzards for years. She defended you from wights and lost her brother Jojen for you. She sacrificed so much for you." He turned back to Bran. "So you will treat her right. Do you hear me? Or I don't mind breaking your back again."
Sansa looked at Meera and said, "Jay, is what you said true?"
Jacob said, "Yes."
Sansa turned to Bran. "Then you better treat her right, or I will help Jay teach you a lesson."
Bran said awkwardly, "I-I will never mistreat her. She... she is my friend."
Sansa smacked the back of his head. "Just a friend? You're an idiot."
Arya looked at Jacob. "By the way, Jacob, can you heal Hodor? He lost consciousness after you killed Bloodraven and hasn't woken up."
Jacob looked at Lydia. "Lydia, can you read his memories and see what happened?"
Lydia nodded, walked to Hodor—who was lying on the ground—and put her hand on his head. Her eyes glowed white, and she went into a trance.
After a long moment, she removed her hand, her eyes returned to normal, and she stood up.
"His mind is in chaos," she said. "He has two sets of lifelong memories that seem to be merging right now. One is the life Sansa and the others know—where he was a simpleton who only said the word 'Hodor.' The other is a life where he was never that. In that life, he was a great warrior who grew up learning to fight alongside Sansa's father, her aunt Lyanna, and her uncles Brandon and Benjen."
Jacob said, "I see. Bloodraven was likely responsible for Hodor's condition. He must have traveled back into the past and tampered with Hodor's mind or something like that—but we killed him before he could do whatever he did to Hodor. So now Hodor is becoming normal again, regaining his intelligence. If that makes any sense."
Lydia nodded. "That's probably what happened, yeah."
Just then, the Jubokko roared again and began approaching them.
Jacob took the Flying Carpet from his pocket dimension and handed it to Allison. "Take everyone into the sky."
Allison nodded, controlled the carpet with her mind to expand, and after kissing Jacob and saying, "Be careful," she took Jeff in her hands and led her Nightmare Horse and Jacob's onto the carpet.
"Bring your horses," she called out. "Let's go. I don't know how strong that tree demon is, but you definitely don't want to be here on the ground when Jay is fighting with everything he's got."
Malia kissed Jacob. "Have fun."
Melissa and Lydia kissed him and asked him to be careful, but Sansa was worried and didn't want to let him go from her hug.
Jacob smiled and kissed her. "I'll be fine."
Lydia caught her hand. "Let's go. Don't worry about him. He's very strong." She dragged Sansa to the Flying Carpet.
Jacob watched as they all got on the carpet with the horses and flew high into the sky to a safe distance. Then he turned back to the Jubokko.
His eyes glowed crimson. He stepped forward and started releasing his aura with each step. A pulse of energy began getting out of his body, growing with each step into waves of energy. Then finally, he released his full aura.
A destructive, massive shockwave erupted from his body in all directions. Snow flew away, exposing the frozen ground beneath. Cracks and fissures spidered outward from him as the center. The frozen trees of the haunted forest within a hundred meters around him were torn apart and sent flying away.
High above, the other horses—other than the Nightmare Horses—became restless and terrified. Ghost, Summer, and Shaggydog, started whimpering and tucked their tails between their legs as they felt Jacob's aura. Arya's body started shivering too, as she felt a terrifying fear from Jacob.
Arya's voice trembled. "What's going on? I've felt his aura before, but never like this. Why does he feel so terrifying? Why can't I stop shaking?" She glanced at the others. "And why aren't any of you feeling a thing?"
Erica was shaking too. "I feel it too."
Malia said, "It's because you two are werewolves. That's why you're feeling terrified. Melissa, Allison, Lydia, Sansa, and I are Jay's wives. We don't feel fear from him—it's the opposite. We feel stronger when he releases his aura."
Arya looked at Stiles, Jon, and the others. "What about them?"
Malia shrugged. "Because they're normal humans. Humans are too stupid to feel anything."
To be continued... 😊
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